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Eventually the Coast Guard worked out the "retriever system," whereby a volunteer in a rubber suit would jump overboard with a rope and tie it around the survivor's torso. When the Army freighter Nevada was sunk Dec. 16, 1943, the Comanche was able to rescue 29 men - about half of its crew.
To read John Tilley's interesting account about Greenland during WW2, see "links we like" on our homepage.